http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/reports/250908.htm
Reports on the outcome of a February 2008 workshop on technical assistance programs that help foreign countries develop their laws and policies on competition and consumer protection. Describes five themes to guide agency technical assistance activities in the future. From the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
Provides statistics on spending by the United Kingdom on official development assistance for calendar year 2008 in the 2009 edition. Also offers data on the volume, type, destination, and purpose of UK development assistance and gross public expenditure on development for each of the last 5 years. From the Department for International Development and the Office of National Statistics.
http://www.usip.org/files/haiti_after_donors_conference.pdf
Surveys poverty and inequality in Haiti and examines obstacles to sustained stability and growth as a means of understanding why support efforts have not succeeded to date. Calls for conditional cash transfers, expanded microcredit, and the creation of a national civil service corps for stimulating sustainable growth. From the United States Institute of Peace.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R40796.pdf
Latest annual report to Congress on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the U.S. and foreign countries. The U.S. and Russia continued to lead all other nations in arms sales with Russia making $35 billion and the U.S. $56 billion in the 2005-2008 period. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/1%20(SUPP)
The annual report of the Secretary-General on the state of the United Nations at the outset of the new session of the General Assembly. Includes lengthy statistical annex with tables on progress toward meeting millennium development goals. From the United Nations.
http://www.usip.org/files/afghanistan_police.pdf
Details the past failures and current challenges facing the international police assistance program in Afghanistan. Based on a May 2009 conference. From the United States Institute of Peace.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40699_20090714.pdf
Provides information on the types and amounts of foreign assistance provided to Afghanistan by the U.S. since 2001, the agencies providing the assistance, and what the agencies are doing in Afghanistan. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40664.pdf
Reviews the history of U.S. support for the Palestinians, how U.S. efforts are coordinated, deployment of U.S. trained Palestinians, and future challenges, obstacles, and limitations. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm76/7656/7656.pdf
British government White Paper on goals for international development, especially with respect to meeting Millennium Development Goals for 2015. Command Paper Cm7656. From the Department for International Development.
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACN044.pdf
Reports on progress in controlling diseases in children under age five in developing countries from 1985, when 1 in 10 children did not live to see their fifth birthday, to 2006. Claims that more than 7 million lives are being saved annually by immunizations, nutrition programs, and control of diarrheal diseases. From the Agency for International Development.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22967_20090429.pdf
Discusses types of U.S. bilateral aid to the Palestinians, the pledge of $900 million in aid made by President Obama in March 2009 for post-conflict needs in the Gaza Strip and development priorities in the West Bank, and factors in determining future aid. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
